WEEK 10 2026 CGA POWER RANKINGS & RECAP

By Peri Goodman, Isaac Erickson, Shannen Horan, and Peter Hristozov

This past weekend showcased an exciting slate of men’s collegiate gymnastics, with multiple meets delivering high-level performances and tight team battles across the country. From Stanford’s dominant showing at Burnham Pavilion to a thrilling Big Ten clash between Michigan and Ohio State, teams continued to build momentum as the postseason approaches. Standout individual performances highlighted the competitions, with athletes posting impressive scores and claiming key event titles across all six apparatuses. Programs like Nebraska and Navy capitalized on depth and consistency, while others showed flashes of potential despite setbacks. As rankings tighten and routines sharpen, these meets offered a clear glimpse into the intensity and talent defining the 2026 season.

Week 10 Meet recap

California and Air Force @ Stanford

It was an exciting competition in Burnham Pavilion with a mix of NCAA and international flair. Team France and Team Québec joined California and Air Force in their MPSF Trimeet. Stanford showed out on their senior night, putting up a stacked lineup with the likes of Asher Hong, Junnosuke Iwai, and David Shamah, who put up many notable scores. The Cardinal took the win with a 322.700, with their highest event total coming on the vault with a 56.65. Junnosuke Iwai took the floor exercise title with a 14.700, including a difficult and explosive double twisting double layout mount. Iwai also took the high bar title with his high-flying Cassina and Kolman, and a stuck double twisting double layout dismount for a 14.300.  Asher Hong took the rings title with a 14.050, with his levelled Azarian Maltese element, inverted cross and a stuck double twisting double layout dismount that brought the energy to his team. The parallel bars title was taken by junior David Shamah, who performed his difficult front uprise Diamidov and front uprise Stutz elements, and finished his routine with a double front dismount for a 14.300. Lastly, for the Cardinal, sophomore Cooper Kim and junior Toma Murakawa were a part of a three-way tie for the vault event title with their clean Kasamatsu 1 ½  vaults. Cal finished the competition in second place with a 311.550, with their highest event total coming on vault with a 53.250. Sophomore Matteo Bardana was a standout on multiple events for the Cal Bears, especially on the floor exercise, where he scored a 14.200 for second place. Bardana opened up with a clean front full punch double front, followed by many intricate twisting connection elements. Bardana also ended up finishing first in the all-around with a 77.800. Freshman Nathan Underhill performed a beautiful Kasamatsu 1 ½ vault with a small hop,  joining Kim and Murakawa in that three-way tie. Senior Jasper Smith-Gordon electrified the crowd with his Kasamatsu double full vault that was just .050 behind the event title. The Air Force Falcons finished the meet in third place with a 308.100, also having their highest event total come on the vault with a 53.800. The Falcons seemed to lose the most ground on the floor exercise and still rings, but had solid showings on the other four apparatuses. Senior Sam Brown took the pommel horse title with a 13.700, and his teammate, senior Jack Matlock, was right behind him with a 13.650. Both seniors have been staples for the Air Force pommel horse lineup so far this season. Senior Tai Gopaul has been putting up exciting performances on the high bar week after week, and this week was no different. A unique Yamawaki to Gienger connection and a stuck triple back dismount were good for second place and a competitive 13.600 on that event. 

Michigan at Ohio State

Both teams surpassed a 325 after a tight battle of wits, playing cat and mouse until Ohio State went to high bar. Michigan has proven they can stay confident on the road, while Ohio State played with house money. Win-loss record aside, the Wolverines and Buckeyes were able to both improve their four score averages and consider it a successful weekend. Charlie Larson added two more event wins to his career list, taking the top spot on floor (14.200) and vault (14.450) again. On the latter, he was able to fend off Buckeye powerhouse David Ramirez by 0.050, coming in the form of a near-stuck Shewfelt outscoring the held stuck Kas 1 ½. Ramirez was still able to earn a title of his own on parallel bars (14.050) with a handstand clinic and a massive stuck full out dismount, besting teammate Drake Andrews (13.850)’s Diamidov to double pike routine, going one two. Ramirez was also able to earn the coveted 80 all around, after flirting with it at the Stanford Open at the start of the season. Fellow Buckeye Parker Thackston blew past an already strong pommels field, with three 14+ scores that could’ve easily won most other dual meets. His 15.300 set was more than enough, cementing himself in the national conversation after earlier inconsistencies. In a similar fashion, Carson Eshleman claimed high bar after improving by a point over last week, adding a dominant 14.600 to his season for his array of releases. Eshleman was instrumental to last year’s national title, nearing 14 on both days of tight scoring competition. Also building off of an instrumental role from last year’s campaign, Akshay Puri continues the family legacy on rings for the Wolverines. His 14.000 marks the fifth event win for him this season. 

Illinois at Nebraska

As is the story for Illinois this season, there were moments where they appeared to be ready to right the course of the ship. Ultimately wherever they allowed Nebraska an inch, the Huskers took a mile. Just above ten points separated the two after six events, resulting in Nebraska surging to third nationally with the debut of four score averages. Garrett Schooley added another floor win to his resume notching a 14.100, though without teammate Nathan Whitaker the event as a whole was not what it once was in the early parts of 2026. All four Huskers followed suit going between 13.400 and 13.900, while the remaining three Illini caught a case of the 12’s. A similar story unfolded at pommels, with Illinois’ Brandon Dang nailing a confident 14.600, but with his team flanking the standings and totalling below their host. Sixth year Sam Phillips had a rusty return to competing floor after two years, but was able to avenge his performance by throwing down a floaty Winkler en route to a career high (in the current code) 14.300 on high bar and outright winning the event. His closest competitor was Max Odden, whose high flying but hoppy 13.300 trailed Phillips by a point. Rings, as it has in recent seasons, belongs to Nebraska in the Big Ten. Senior standout Asher Cohen earned his fourth rings title this season thus far for his 14.150, with freshman Sam Rakita giving him a close run with a 13.850 and a stuck double double for good measure. Fellow Husker Nathan York had himself a day, returning to floor after over a month (13.400) and posting three scores over 14 across his near-weekly contributions on pommels, vault, and parallel bars. His 14.100 on parallel bars secured him the outright event win, while a 14.150 for his Kas 1 ½  earned a share of the vault title. Posting identical scores were teammates Luke James’ near-stuck Kas 1 ½, and Chase Mondi’s Kas 1 ½. 

Navy at Springfield

The midshipmen traveled from Maryland to battle Springfield College at home. Throughout the meet there was one steady leader, Navy, and the Pride continued to lag behind trying to nudge as close as possible. Navy assistant Ryan Terrill mentioned, “We’ve been able to rotate various lineups effectively, largely because our players are competing relentlessly in practice every day to earn their spot in the lineup.” This meet showed they are figuring out those lineups.On floor, Navy came away with a two point lead on the event. Benjamin Thurlow Lam, a continuous floor leader for Navy, scored a 14.000 and solidified his title with a stuck dismount. Lam puts out one of the most difficult routines throughout all of the service academies and continues to stay on his feet week to week. Navy finished in the top three spots on floor. On pommel horse, the Springfield lineup came to battle after an early deficit. Seasoned competitor Devon Felnestein from the Pride came away with the event title, scoring a 13.700. His physique and rhythm make his pommel routine one of the best to watch throughout the ECAC. Navy came away with a lead on the event, as the rest of Springfield’s scores did not meet the competition from Navy.On rings, it was a dogfight. Navy came away with the event win by just three tenths of a point. However, Springfield’s Blaise Rousseau won another rings title, scoring a 13.600. He held the lead by six tenths, a large margin.Moving to vault, the Pride slipped under as the Midshipmen showed one of their best vault rotations of the year, all scores above a 13.400. However, Evan Reichart did not compete the highest difficulty vault, but managed to win the event title with a 14.200, only having two tenths in deduction on his stuck vault.On parallel bars, Navy came into the rotation needing a stronger push, and left with a three point event win. The top three spots were held by the Midshipmen, and the clear leader was Matthew Petros, who won the event scoring a 13.400. On high bar, the Pride tried to pull away with more points. Off to a good start, Owen Carney threw down a massive 13.400 to come away with the event title. His routine had one of the best in-bar half taks of the season and high flying releases. Kaleb Palacio is getting back into lineups and competed on high bar for Springfield. Even with these routines, Navy athletes saluted four gorgeous routines to pull away with the event win, and ultimately win the meet by ten points. Assistant coach Ryan Terrill was most proud of the environment of the team, “we honed in on the mission to hit routines and had the best hit percentage of the season so far as a team.”

Simpson at William & Mary

On Saturday, William & Mary welcomed the Simpson Storm to their home in Virginia. The meet was a close fight between both closely ranked teams, but ultimately the Storm lost the competition to the Tribe. On floor, the highlight of the rotation came from Simpson, when star competitor Garrett Alexander took the event title with a 13.250, winning by just half of a tenth, which his stuck double pike dismount assisted. Despite his showout, the Tribe put down four solid routines to win the event by just over a point. Pommel was a neck to neck battle for the event title. Tribe’s Gavin Zborowski nudged the lead by one tenth of a point, scoring a 13.400. In second was Storm’s Garrett Alexander who carried his momentum into the next event to score a 13.300. His teammate William Bacus tied him for third. Rings was a struggle for both teams, but one thing Coach Mike Powell noted is that he is proud of how “team members support one another in the heat of competition.” Despite the struggle for the majority of competitors, there was clear domination from one athlete in particular, Brain Rollison. His 13.900 won him the event by almost a full point, beating his season high by .150 on rings. On vault, the Storm had a new event leader, Jake Smith. The veteran came away with the event win scoring a 14.000. However, the next four top scores belonged to the Tribe, and they won the event by nearly two whole points. Parallel bars was a close competition. Nicholas Kosarikov, a consistent high score for the Tribe, scored a 13.100 to win the event title by only one tenth. Behind him was Tristan Shorey who has made a comeback this season, with this rotation being his second highest p-bars score this year. W&M won the event by 1.750. High bar ended in an event win clearly by the Tribe, but the event title did not belong to them. Paul Tiedemann left Williamsburg the high bar champion, scoring a 13.250. Tiedemann makes use of the most recent updated code with his release connections and is a spotlight score for the Storm. Luke Tully competed a beautiful routine, per usual, to give him a second place finish on the event. Noah Doiron was the only all around competitor and finished with a 71.600. Looking ahead to the post-season, Tribe coach Mike Powell emphasized that his team feeds off high-pressure environments and believes they’re ready to step up and thrive in a championship setting.

Week 10 conference outlook

Big ten

Depth matters now more than ever before this year! Using Nebraska and Illinois’ dual meet as a case study from this week, the two teams split the event titles at three apiece –  but with Nebraska’s ability to hit from leadoff to anchor, they were able to blow past Illinois as a team. The Huskers are coming into Big Ten’s on a hot streak, having swept this past week’s CGA awards (gymnast: Nathan York, specialist: Cohen, rookie: Rakita), and with one meet left to go before the post season begins. They’ll then treat conference championships as a final tune up before hosting NCAA’s next month. Penn State is cruising through under the radar, led by Matthew Underhill and a strong rings core behind him. After being on a bye this past week, the Nittany Lions will undoubtedly use their most recent outing’s results as fuel going into their regular season closer at Ohio State. The Buckeyes are poised to continue surging into national final contention, following their 326+ on the road. Replicating their success on vault over the season for this upcoming season, along with a hit pommels day, will be paramount in breaking into the nation’s top four. David Ramirez has proven himself to be a heavy contributor after taking two weeks to focus on his pet events, and is back across five now with a stronger upside where his team needs most. Illinois has shown glimpses of a big upswing, but we haven’t seen it since having a healthy Whitaker and they’re running out of time as a team to put together another complete meet. We'll see the Illini next compete at the Big Ten championship, as they have a valuable bye week up next to hone in on their hit rates. As a team, they’ll continue to lean on upperclassmen for their big numbers – think Phillips, Schooley, and Dang. Unfortunately, each routine has to count, and so it’s the third and fourth scores on each event that are paid attention to. Michigan has the opportunity to push into 330 territory at home to close out their regular season. Fred Richard and Larson have a strong grip on parallel bars and floor respectively, but the Wolverine’s true strength is in its bread-and-butter hits from rings anchor Puri and three events from Mr. Reliable Robert Noll. Their gymnastics isn’t reactive, and earns countable scores each week.

ECAC

Arguably the most exciting conference to watch due to the level of parity between all of the teams, it feels like each week could be anybody’s week in the ECAC. Taking this week off from competition are The Black Knights of Army and the Panthers of Greenville. With only four teams competing, Springfield’s Evan Reichert and team captain Owen Carney took home ECAC Gymnast and Routine of the Week respectively. Rookie of the Week went to Simpson’s Garrett Alexander for wonderful performance on the floor and pommel horse. With USAG Championships right around the corner the ECAC travels to Airforce in hopes of claiming some All America honors for their athletes. Some names to look out for is Navy’s Benjamin Thurlow Lam who currently leads the nation on the floor exercise! Army and Springfield continue to dominate on the pommel horse claiming the top five places between the two schools. Springfield’s Devon Felsenstein and Army’s Maddox Pabellon are neck in neck in the ECAC rankings. Blaise Rousseau and Brian Rollison will be battling for that top spot on the rings this weekend. These two gymnasts have been rock solid and consistent for their teams on the rings. With an extra week of rest, look for Greenville’s Jaxon Clapper to shine on the vault and parallel bars while Army’s Cash Johnston sets his sights on the highbar tittle. Luke Tully from William & Mary still holds the top spot on the highbar. With the last week of the regular season approaching, the pressure is on for most of the teams in the ECAC as they fight to rank within the top 12 in the country to earn a spot at NCAA Championships.

MPSF

With California and Air Force visiting Stanford, we had a great opportunity to see a little preview of what's to come at the MPSF Championships in early April. Almost all MPSF teams were represented here, except Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Sooners will face California for the second time this season on March 21st, so MPSF action will continue as these teams complete final preparations and push toward championship competition. The Air Force Falcons will be competing at the USAG Collegiate National Championships this weekend, where there is a lot of hardware up for grabs. The Falcons will also get an opportunity to have a rematch against Navy after a heartbreaking loss at the All-Academy Championships. Senior leadership out of Sam Brown and Tai Gopaul will continue to be important come MPSF Championships, and hopefully the NCAA Championship. Freshman Junnosuke Iwai won the MPSF Gymnast of the Week Honors after tremendous performances on floor, vault, and high bar for the Cardinal this past weekend. Sophomore Cooper Kim also won MPSF Specialist of the Week, after having solid showings on floor and vault. California's Nathan Underhill won the MPSF Freshman of the Week after taking a share of that vault title this past weekend.

Week ten has given fans more than its share of things to be excited about, whether your interest lies in sticks, airtime, or rankings shake-ups. The pool of dark horses on each event is also pushing the frontrunners, which should make for a fun final week before conference championship weekend arrives. The ECAC has steamrolled its way into the conversation amongst perennial big dogs from the MPSF, including Navy’s debut at No. 2 on floor thanks to individual leader Benjamin Thurlow-Lam and Springfield College’s Devon Felsenstein sitting in third individually on pommel horse. California’s freshman phenom Smith-Gordon is neck and neck with Illinois’ powerhouse Schooley at the top of a strong national vaulting picture. Oklahoma is the only team with two active competitors in the top five on the same event, with Kelton Christiansen and Brandon Zepeda-Orth holding spots on high bar. What’s all this to say? We’re almost exactly where we started with the uncertainty of preseason, and can only hope to continue seeing full strength gymnastics as teams shift focus from maintenance mode to peaking. 

Week 11 Schedule (all times EST)

Friday, March 20th

4:00 p.m. - Army, Greenville, Simpson, Springfield College, William & Mary @ Air Force (USAG Collegiate Nationals)

Saturday, March 21st

4:00 p.m. - Army, Greenville, Simpson, Springfield College, William & Mary @ Air Force (USAG Collegiate Nationals)

7:00 p.m. - Oklahoma @ California

Sunday, March 22nd

3:00 p.m. - Ohio State @ Penn State

2:00 p.m. - Nebraska @ Michigan